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My E-mail to Ed Rosenblum, Santa Fe Tournament Organizer

Posted By: Paul Weaver
Date: Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 6:56 p.m.

In Response To: New Mexico Survey (Joe Russell)

Hello Ed,

I am very impressed with the fact that you sent out an e-mail requesting feedback regarding your tournament. This indicates to me that you sincerely want to find out how you could improve your tournament for next year.

I have played in dozens of backgammon tournaments over the last thirty-plus years, but this is the first time any tournament organizer has requested feedback from me and other participants. Thank you very much for asking for our input.

Two weeks ago, right after the tournament ended, there were many posts on Stick's Web site (www.bgonline.org) about your tournament. In case you missed them, here are the links to posts written by Neil Kazaross and me:

http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=59532

http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=59545

Neil Kazaross is currently ranked #5 on the Giant-32 list of the world's best backgammon players. He was #2 in 2005. He is widely respected not only for being a supurb player, but also for his character and integrity.

I am quoting below from Neil's post, "More and more I get frustrated with the delays caused by slow play and players wandering off for long breaks, showing up late for side events after dinner etc etc. As each tourney passes, and with nearly half of them having the same BS, I wonder why I keep playing. Anyhow, Santa Fe was the LAST time I EVER play a Championship level event without a clock. As for the future, if I haven't nearly retired from live play, in 2011 and beyond I seriously doubt that I will ever play a Champ level event that isn't clock mandatory."

As you can see, Neil was quite upset about the scheduling problems in Santa Fe. So was I. We both feel our chance of winning the tournament was unfairly diminished because we were both unfortunate enough to be in the section of the draw that was delayed by hours due to a very slow first-round match. We both feel that we were deprived of competing on a level playing field because of some serious mistakes that an experienced tournament director never should have made.

I may provide you with more detailed feedback in a couple of weeks.

Best wishes,

Paul

Messages In This Thread

• New Mexico Survey
  Joe Russell -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 12:31 a.m.
  • New Mexico Survey
    Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 12:38 a.m.
    • New Mexico Survey
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 1:21 a.m.
    • New Mexico Survey
      Stick -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 1:42 a.m.
      • New Mexico Survey
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 9:28 a.m.
        • New Mexico Survey
          neilkaz -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 4:30 p.m.
  • New Mexico Survey
    Joe Russell -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 1:05 a.m.
  • New Mexico Survey
    Bill Riles -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 1:46 a.m.
    • New Mexico Survey
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 2:49 a.m.
  • New Mexico Survey
    JIm Allen -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 1:49 a.m.
  • And another thank you
    KenB -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 3:00 a.m.
  • My E-mail to Ed Rosenblum, Santa Fe Tournament Organizer
    Paul Weaver -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 6:56 p.m.
    • My E-mail to Ed Rosenblum, Santa Fe Tournament Organizer
      E! -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
      • My E-mail to Ed Rosenblum, Santa Fe Tournament Organizer
        neilkaz -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 8:01 p.m.
    • Clocks mandatory next time
      adambulldog -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 7:35 p.m.